Paul "Red" Uram (May 14, 1926 – October 20, 2017), was an American former

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and flexibility coach. He is a member of the U.S. Gymanstics Hall of Fame and he coached on four

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-winning teams with the

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of the

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(NFL). He also is the author of two books on human movement.

Early life

Uram grew up in

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where he attended Butler Senior High School. He participated in

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and

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. He went on to play quarterback at Slippery Rock State Teacher's College from which he graduated in 1949.

Coaching career

Uram's coaching career began at Millvale High School in

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, where he spent six years in the early 1950s coaching football, gymnastics and track and field. His gymnastics teams won 120 straight dual meets during his tenure. He later coached gymnastics at his alma mater, Butler Senior High School, where his teams won 108 straight dual meets and three state championships. He served as the flexibility and kicking coach for the

from 1973 through 1981, during which span the team won four

s. He also worked with the NFL's

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, the

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of the

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, the

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and the

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. He is the author of two books on the topic of human movement, flexibility and stretching.

Bibliography

*''Refining human movement'', self-published: 1971. *''The Complete Stretching Book'', Anderson World : 1980.

Honors

Uram was inducted into the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1974, one of only a few high school coaches to be so honored. He was named the quarterback of Slippery Rock University's All-Time football team in 1965 and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1986. He was elected to the Butler County (Pennsylvania) Sports Hall of Fame in 1969 and is also a member of the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame. March 24, 2009 was designated as "Paul Uram Day" by the borough of

. Pau Uram died October 20, 2017 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Uram, Paul 1926 births 2017 deaths Slippery Rock football players Pittsburgh Steelers coaches American gymnastics coaches People from Butler County, Pennsylvania